Is there reference manual for sh?

[Lane]

On Sunday 31 December 2006 01:52, George wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 06:22:09PM -0600, Lane wrote:
> > On Saturday 30 December 2006 12:22, a at zeos.net wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 10:16:20AM -0500, Robert Huff wrote:
> > > > a at zeos.net writes:
> > >
> > > I need any online complete manual on sh, not a brief as it is man
> > > sh.  The last one doesn't describe many features both interactive
> > > (command line editing, using history interactively, and many others)
> > > and scripting (for example, conditional expressions).
> >
> > Here's a "brute-force" manual:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > for each in `find /etc/rc.d`
> >     do more $each
> > done
>
> Bonus points for not using cat, but it sounds like you're recommending a
> manual you yourself haven't read.
>
>     $ for each in /etc/rc.d/* ; do more $each ; done
>
> Or skipping the unecessary logic:
>
>     $ more /etc/rc.d/*
>
> Sarcasm is mostly counterproductive, doncha think?
I do, George.  But I'm not sure you actually share that notion.
>
> > If you need more than what is there then you probably need Kernigan
> > and Ritchie's The "C" Programming Language, (still) available on
> > amazon.com.
>
> My guess is the OP is inquiring about scripting in general, but bash(1)
> and readline(3) in particular.  If that's the case, the manpages should
> be more than adequate; a reading of Mendel Cooper's Advanced Bash
> Scripting Guide (available for free at a Google search near you) would
> also be useful for a practical perspective.  Recommending the K&R book I
> don't think is appropriate.
I'm sorry that you felt the need to tell me, and the whole world, that.

He said he needed "brief" but not as brief as "man sh"

I said, by example, "use these tools which are here," in as clear and readable 
a form as I could, owing to the near certainty that the OP was unfamiliar 
with the language form(s).

Then I followed up with a recommendation for further reading which, regardless 
of your apparent encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, is exactly what I 
recommended: Further reading if the OP needs more functionality than could be 
deduced from a study of the basic startup scripts for freebsd.

Whatever "tone" you are hearing is not emanating from my email.

lane